Method and means for use in making shoes



Aug. 6, 1935. F. N. LA CHAPELLE 2,010,091

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, //VVE/V7'UR Patented Aug. G, 1935 UNITED STATES METHOD AND MEANS FOR USE IN MAKING SHOES Fred N. La Chapelle, Beverly, Mass assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson,

N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application December 21, 1933, Serial No. 703,443

40 Claims.

This invention relates to the manufacture of shoes and more particularly to the shaping of shoe uppers over forms or lasts and the fastening of the uppers to insoles or other shoe bottom parts. The invention is herein illustrated by reference to the lasting of the toe end of a welt shoe, including the fastening of the marginal portion of the upper in lasted position over the margin or feather of an insole and against a lip on the insole by the use of a binder extending around the toe. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the manufacture of shoes of the welt type or to the lasting of the toe ends of shoes, and also that in some novel aspects it is not limited to the use of upper-holding members or fastenings in the form of binders adapted to extend around the ends of shoes. In view of the general applicability of the invention to the manufacture of shoes of different kinds, the term "sole is commonly used hereinafter in a generic sense to refer to the insole or other shoe bottom part to which the marginal portion of the upper is fastened;

In one aspect, the invention provides a novel method in accordance with which an upper holding fastening is forced over the marginal portion of an upper on the margin of a sole in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of the sole and is so engaged in that operation as to deflect a portion of itinto the upper and the sole'in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole. Preferably, as shown, the portion of the fastening that is thus deflected into the upper and the sole is curved during its deflection to assist in anchoring the fastening to the shoe. For use on an end portion of a shoe the upperholding fastening, as illustrated, consists of a binder adapted to extend around the end of the shoe and having thereon a plurality of projections that lie initially in a plane, and as the binder is forced inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper its several projections are deflected into the upper and the sole in the manner above described. If the sole, as-illustrated, has thereon an upstanding lip or shoulder against which a portion of the upper .lies in lasted position, the upper-holding member or binder is forced inwardly toward said lip or shoulder, and as herein shown its projections are so deflected that they enter the upper and the sole in locations nearer the edge of the sole than the lip or shoulder. Preferably, as further illustrated, the projections on the binder are deflected in curved paths leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole, which, in the case of a welt shoe, facilitates removal of the binder by pulling it in an outward direction toward the edgeof the shoe bottom after a welt has been fastened to the shoe.

The invention further provides, in a machine for shaping shoe uppers, a novel organization of means for operating on shoes in accordance with the above described method, comprising means movable in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of a sole to force an upperholding fastening over the marginal portion of the upper, and means for deflecting a portion of the fastening intothe upper and the sole in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole. As herein shown, there is associated with the toe-embracing wipers of a lasting machine means for forcing inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper a toe binder formed as above described, and the wipers are so constructed as to engage the projections on the binder and defiect them into the upper and the sole as the binder is thus forced inwardly. f h

The novel method and novel mechanical features of the invention will now be more particularly described by reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a portion of a bechlasting machine adapted for usein the practice of the novel method and in which features of the invention are embodied;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a vertical central section longitudi-r nally of the shoe of a portion of the machine, showing the parts in the positions that they occupy after the toe binder has been forced into upper-holding position;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IVIV of Fig. 2;

Fig, 5 is a perspective View of the lasted toe end of the shoe; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the toe end of the shoe as it appears after a welt has ben fastened to the shoe and before the toe binder is removed.

The invention is herein illustrated by reference to a bed-lasting machine of a well-known com mercial type, features of which are disclosed in various prior United States Letters Patent, including especially Letters Patent No. 1,018,477, granted on February 27, 1912 upon an application of Matthias Brook and disclosing the main characteristic features of the general organization of the machine. Only such parts of the machine, therefore, as it is necessary to refer to for an understanding of the invention will be hereinafter mentioned.

The shoe and last are supported at the heel end on a jack ID with the toe end of the shoe resting upon a toe rest l2, and in the lasting operation the toe end of the shoe is pressed down upon the toe rest by a holddown l carried by an arm It. The toe lasting means as a whole is supported on a slide it which may be moved upwardly and downwardly by the operator, through use of a treadle to wipe the toe end portion of the upper heightwise of the last end to press the marginal portion of the toe end of the upper down upon a sole on the last. Included in the toe-lasting mechanism is a toe wiper head 22 on which are movably supported toe-embracing wipers 2%. In the construction herein shown each of the wipers fi l comprises two plates 2t and 23 (Figs. 3 and 4) which are spaced from each other heightwise of the shoe to provide an opening between them in which is mounted a binder applying member or plate 39 hereinafter more particularly described. As herein illustrated also the wipers 24 are supported directly upon the wiper head 22, instead of upon movable wiper carriers as heretofore, and both plates 2% and 28 of each wiper have therein curved slots 32 and 34 (Fig. 2) in which lie rolls 35 and 38 to guide the wiper in its advancing and closing movements, these rolls being mounted on pins to and 42 which are fastened to a cover plate over the wipers. The wipers are advanced and closed through links '56 pivotally connected to pins 48 which extend through the plates 25 and 259, the links being connected to a cross-bar 5% which is fast on a rod or plunger operated by a hand lever 5% (Fig. 1) as heretofore in machines of the illustrated type. As the wipers are advanced and closed, after the wiping of the upper heightwise of the toe, they wipe its marginal portion inwardly over the margin of the sale a, and if the sole is provided with an upstanding lip l) characteristic of welt shoe work, as illustrated, they wipe a portion of the upper against the upstanding lip. It will be understood that in some kinds of work the sole will be provided with a shoulder, instead of a lip, against which the upper is wiped.

To fasten the marginal portion of the upper in lasted position around the toe end of the shoe bottom there is utilized, as herein illustrated, an upper-holding member or binder c which may be formed, for example, of sheet metal and has thereon a plurality of pointed projections d arranged to lie initially in the same plane. The binder c is of such length as to extend around the tie end portion of the shoe bottom, and it may be so formed as to have somewhat of an initial curvature as illustrated in Fig. Prior to the lasting of the toe this binder is inserted endwise in the opening between the wiper plates 25 and 23 in front of the binder-applying plates 39 and near the edges of the wipers, as also illustrated in Fig. 2. When the binder is in that position its projections d are all pointed inwardly toward the shoe along the plane of the wipers. When the wipers are operated as described to wipe the upper inwardly over the mar in of the sole, the binder may be carried bodily forward more or less by the contact of the wipers therewith. After the wipers have completed their wiping movements and while they are holding the marginal portion of the upper in lasted position, the binder is applied to the shoe by movements of the plates 39 the forward edges of which are curved in general similarity to the curvature of the wiper edges. In thus applying the hinder the plates operated as hereinafter described, move in a path substantially parallel to the plane of the sole to advance the binder lengthwise of the shoe and to bend it around the toe toward the lip b of the sole. In the path of the projections d of the hinder, as the latter is moved forwardly and bent around the toe, are downturned lips as on the wiper plates 26 which have curved deflecting faces 53 (Fig. l) arranged in the plane of fine opening between the plates 25 and 28 to engage the projections d and to deflect them into the upper and the sole toward the bottom face of the .last, the lips being spaced from the edges of the lower wiper plates 28 sufficiently to permit this action as well as to permit the wipers later to be withdrawn from the binder by lifting them. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the projections d enter the and the sole in locations nearer the edge of the sole than the lip b and are deflected in curved paths leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole. The binder is thus anchored securely in position to hold the upper pressed closely into the angle between the margin or feather of the sole and the lip b all around the toe preparatory to the welt sewing operation.

The binder-applying plates 3?. are guided in their movements by the same rolls and 38 that guide the wipers, the plates hav'ng for this purpose curvcd slots and rolls extend. These slots so formed and arranged that by the operation of the plates 39 the binder is forced into holding relation to the upper at the extreme end of toe and its projections d are deflected into the upper and the sole in that location a little before the projections on the portions of the binder at the sides of the toe are deflected into the shoe. This avoids such diiilculties as would be encounterec. if the projections along the sides of the toe should start to enter the shoe prior to the substantial completion of the movement of tie binder as a whole lengthwise of the shoe.

For imparting the operative move rents to the binder-applying plates 33 there is provided. a rod or plunger slidingly movable lengthwise in a member 6% on the wiper head 22 its forward end with a cross-bar 58 which car-- ries pins "JG extending downwardly into slots 12 formed in the plates 33, these slots being ar ranged to permit the plates to swing relatively to the pins in their closing movements laterally of the shoe. In operating the plates 33 the pins is move along slots it provided in the cover plate M. The rod 8 3 is operated by a. hand lever l6 pivotally connected by a pin "58 to a block 3! which is fast on the rod, the lever pivots-o, at 32 (Fig. 2) on a link which is pivoted 86 on the wiper head. The pins 15 1 3h con-- nect the links it to the wipers extend through the binder-applying plates and in order to permit the required movements the wipers be fore the plates 3d are Qpaated there vided in these plates slots affording room for the movements of the pins in eration of the wiper In View of the foregoing description the man nor in which the novel. method is carried out by se of the illustrated machine need be only briefly summarized. The binder, formed as scribed, is rst inserted lengthwise in the space between the upper and lower wiper plates 25 and 28, and thereafter the wipers are used in the customary manner to wipe the upper hcigh wise of the toe and to wipe its marginal portion inwardly over the sole into lasted position. It will be understood that the lips on the wiper plates serve as the upwiping means and also in part as means to wipe the upper inwardly over the sole, the lips being assisted in the latthrough the and provided at ter operation by the plates 28, as will be evident by reference to Fig. 3. While the wipers are holding the upper in lasted position the binderapplying plates 39 are operated to advance the binder c lengthwise of the shoe and to bend it inwardly around the toe into holding relation to the marginal portion of the upper, the projections d on the binder being deflected into the upper and the sole by the deflecting faces 58 on the wiper plates 25, first at the end of thetoe and thereafter at the sides of the too. After' the binder has thus been applied the wipers are lifted by the treadle 20 to clear the binder from the opening between the" edges of the plates 28 and the lips 55 and are then withdrawn to their starting positions. While the binder remains on the shoe a welt e filmay be applied in the customary manner. Thereafter the binder may be removed from the shoe by pulling it outwardly toward the edge of the shoe bottom under the welt. The fact that the projections 'd of the binder are curved reversely outward toward the edge of the sole facilitates such removal of the binder, since they can be withdrawn more readily by such an outward pull on the binder than if they were curved in some different relation to the edge of the sole While the binder is herein shown as provided with a plurality of projections (1 arranged to penetrate the shoe at each of the opposite sides of the toe, and also a plurality of projections that penetrate the shoe at the end of the toe, it will be understood that the. number of the projections on the binder and their locations relatively to the shoe may be varied within thev scope of the invention. It will also be recognized that the application of the binder to-the shoe and the deflection of its projections into the upper and the sole in the manner disclosed is not dependent upon the presence of an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole, and accordingly that the invention may be utilized in the manufacture of shoes in which the sole has no such lip or shoulder. It is also to be understood that the upper-holding member or fastening utilized need not be in the form of a binder adapted to extend around an end of a shoe.

Having described the invention; what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: v g

1. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of an upper upon the margin of a sole, forcing an upper-holding fastening over the marginal portion of the upper in a path substantially parallel. to the general plane of the sole, and by engagement with the fastening as it is thus forced over the upper deflecting a portion of it into the upper and the sole in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole.

2. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of an upper upon the marginof a sole, forcing an upper-holding fastening over the marginal portion of the upper in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of the sole, and by engagement with the fastening exteriorly of the shoe as it is thus for ed over the upper curving a portion of it progressively in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole to cause it to enter the upper and the sole.

3. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal poi tion of an upper upon the margin of a sole, forcing an upper-holding fastening over the marginal portion of the upper in a path leading inwardly from the edge of the sole and substantially parallel to the generalfplane of the sole, and by engagement with thefastening as it is thus forced inwardly over the upper deflecting a portion of it into the upper and the sole in a curved path leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole.

4. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over a sole on a last, forcing 'an upper-holding fastening inwardly along the marginal portion of the upper in a path substantially parallel to the bottom of the last,

and by engagement with the fastening as it is thus forced inwardly deflecting a portion of it into the upper andthe sole in a direction toward the bottom of the last.

5. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginalpor- 1 6. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over the margin of a sole on a last and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole, forcing an upper-holding fastening inwardly toward said lip or shoulder in a path substantially parallel to the bottom of the last, and by engagement with the fastening exteriorly of the shoe as it is thus forced inwardly deflecting a portion of it in a direction toward the bottom of the last to cause it to penetrate the upper and the solo in a location nearer the edge of the sole than said'lip or shoulder.

7. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of anupper inwardly over the margin'of a upper, and by engagement with the fastening as it is thus forced inwardly deflecting a portion of it into the upper and the sole in a location nearer the edge of the sole than said lip or shoulder and in a curved path leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole.

8. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of an upper upon the margin of a sole around an end of a shoe, forcing into holding relation to the marginal portion of the upper around the end portion of the shoe an upper-holding member having projections thereon, and by engagement with" said projections as said member is thus forced into upper-holding position deflecting bottom of the last an upper-holding member having projections thereon, and by engagement with said projections exteriorly of the shoe as the upper-holding member is thus forced inwardly curving them in directions toward the bottom of the last to cause them to enter the upper and the sole.

10. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of an upper upon the margin of a sole around an end of a shoe, forcing inwardly from the edge of the sole over the marginal portion of the upper an upper-holding member formed to extend around the end portion of the shoe and having projections thereon, and by engagement with said projections as said member is thus forced inwardly over the upper deflecting them into the upper and the sole in curved paths leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole.

. 11. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in laying the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over the margin of a sole and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole around an end of the-shoe bottom, forcing inwardly toward said lip or shoulder around the end of the shoe bottom an upperholding member having projections thereon, and by engagement with said projections as the upper-holding member is thus forced inwardly deflecting them into the upper and the sole in directions transverse to the path of inward movement of the member.

12. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in working the marginal portion of an upper around an end of a last into lasted position over the margin of a sole on the last and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole, forcing inwardly toward said lip or shoulder in a path substantially parallel to the bottom of the last an upper-holding binder formed to extend around the end of the shoe bottom and having projections thereon, and by engagement with said projections exteriorly of the shoe as the binder is thus forced inwardly deflecting them toward the bottom of the last to cause them to penetrate the upper and the sole in locations nearer the edge of the sole than said lip or shoulder.

13. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in working the marginal portion of an upper around an end of a last into lasted position over the margin of a sole on the last and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole, forcing inwardly from the edge of the sole over the marginal portion of the upper toward said lip or shoulder an upper-holding binder formed to extend around the end portion of the shoe bottom and having projections thereon, and by engagement with said projections as the binder is thus forced inwardly deflecting them in o the upper and the sole in curved paths leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole.

14. That improvement in methods of fastening end portions of shoe uppers in lasted position which consists in providing an upper-holding binder formed to extend around an end of a shoe and having thereon a plurality of projections lying substantially in a plane, forcing said binder inwardly into upper-holding position around an end of a shoe, and by engagement with said projections as the binder is thus forced inwardly defleeting them out of said plane through the upper and into a sole.

15. That improvement in methods of fastening end portions of shoe uppers in lasted position which consists in providing an upper-holding binder formed to extend around an end of the bottom of a shoe and having thereon a plurality of projections lying substantially in a plane, forcing said binder inwardly over the bottom of a shoe on a last into upper-holding position around an end of the shoe bottom, and by engagement with said projections as the binder is thus forced inwardly deflecting them out of said plane into the upper and the sole in directions toward the bottom of the last.

16. That improvement in methods of fastening end portions of shoe uppers in lasted position which consists in providing an upper-holding binder formed to extend around an end of the bottom of a shoe and having th reon a plurality of projections lying substantially in a plane and arranged to enter an upper in a plurality of different locations at each of the opposite sides of the end of the shoe bottom, forcing binder inwardly over the bottom of a shoe on a last into upper-holding position around an end of the shoe bottom, and by engagement with said projections exteriorly of the shoe while thus forcing the binder inwardly deflecting them in curved paths into the upper and the sole toward the bottom face of the last.

1'7. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper over the margin of a sole, means movable in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of the sole to force an upper-holding fastening over said marginal portion of the uppenand defleeting means constructed and arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced over the upper and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole.

18. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper over the margin of a sole, a device movable in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of the sole to force an upper-holding fastening over. said marginal portion of the upper, and deflecting means constructed and arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced over the upper end to curve it progressively in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole to cause it to enter the upper and the sole.

19. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper over the margin of a sole, a device movable in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of the sole to force an upper-holding fastening in a direction inwardly from the edge of the sole over said marginal portion of the upper, and means constructed and arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced inwardly over the upper and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a curved path leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole.

20. In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over a sole on a last, a device movable in a direction substantially parallel to the bottom of the last to force an upper-holding fastening inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper, and deflecting means constructed and arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced inwardly and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a direction toward the bottom of the last. 7

21. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, an overlaying device for laying the marginal portion of an upper over the margin of a sole, and means movable along said overlaying device in a path substantially parallel to the general plane'of the sole to force an upper-holding fastening over said marginal portion of the upper, said overlaying device having thereon a deflecting face arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced over the upper and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole.

22. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wiping means movable in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of a sole to wipe the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over the sole, and a device movable in a path substantially parallel to the path of movement of said wiping means to force an upper-holding fasteninginwardly over the marginal portion of the upper, 7

said wiping means having thereon a deflecting face arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced inwardly over the upper and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole.

23. In a. machine for shaping shoe uppers, wiping means movable in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of a sole to wipe the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over the I sole, and a device movable in a path substantially parallel to the path of movement of said wiping means to force an upper-holding fastening inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper, said wiping means having thereon a deflecting face arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced inwardly over the upper and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a curved path leading reversely outward toward the edge of the sole.

24. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over the margin of a sole and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole, a device movable inwardly toward said lip or shoulder to force an upper-holding fastening over the marginal portion of the upper, and means constructed and arranged to engage a portion of said fastening as it is thus forced inwardly over the upper and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a direction transverse to the direction of inward movement of the fastening.

25. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers,

means for laying the marginal portion of an upper inwardly over the margin of a sole and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole, a device movably inwardly toward said lip or shoulder in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of the sole to force an upper-holding fastening over the marginal portion of the upper, and means constructed and arranged to engage a portion of said fastening as it is thus forced inwardly and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a location nearer the edge of the sole than said lip or shoulder; I

26. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wiping means -for wiping the marginalportion of an upper inwardly over a sole and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole,-and a device movable inwardly toward said lip orshoulder in a path substantially parallel to the general plane of the sole to force an upper-holding fastening over the marginalportion of the upper, said wiping means having thereon a deflecting face arranged to engage a portion of the fastening as it is thus forced inwardly and to deflect it into the upper and the sole in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole.

27. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upshoe an upper-holding member having projec:

tions thereon,'anddeflecting means constructed and arranged to engage said projections said member is forced into upper-holding position and to deflect them into the upper and the sole in directions transverse to the path of movment of said member.

28. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper over the margin of a sole around an end of a shoe, means movable to force into holding relation to the marginal portion of the upper around the end of the shoe an upper-holding member formed to extendaround the end of the shoe and having a plurality of projections thereon, and deflecting means constructed and arranged to engage said projections as said member is forced into upper-holding position and to curve them progressively in directions transverse to'the planeof the sole to cause them to enter the upper and the sole.

29. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper over the margin of a sole around an end of a shoe, means movable to force inwardly from the edge of the sole over the marginal portion of the upper an upper-holding memberformed to ex tend around the end of the shoe bottom and having a plurality of projections thereon, and deflecting means constructed and arranged to engage said projections'as said member is thus forced inwardly andto deflect them into the uppar and the sole in curved paths leading reversely outward towardithe edge of the sole.

so. In amachine for shaping shoe uppers, over,- laying means formed to embrace an end of a shoe and to lay the marginal portion of the shoe upper over the margin of a sole around the end of the shoe, and means movable to force inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper an upper-holding member formed to extend around the end of the shoe and having a plurality of projections thereon, said overlaying means being constructed to engage said projections as said member is thus forced inwardly and to deflect them into the upper and the sole in directions transverse to the plane of the sole.

31. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for embracing an upper around an end of a last and for laying the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over a sole on the last, means movable to force inwardly over the marginal portion of the upptr an upper-holding member formed to extend around the end of the shoe bottom and having a plurality of projections thereon, and deflecting means constructed and arranged to engage said projections as said mem ber isthus forced inwardly and to deflect them into the upper and. the sole in directions toward the bottom of the last. 7

1 32. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal. portionzof an upper inwardly over the margin of a sole and against an upstanding lipor shoulder on the sole around an end of the shoe bottom, means for forcing inwardly toward said lip or shoulder an upper holding binder formed to extend around the end of the shoe bottom and having a plurality of projections thereon, and deflecting means constructed and arranged to engage said projections as said member is thus forced inwardly and to deflect them into the upper and the sole in locations nearer the edge or" the sole than said lip or shoulder.

33. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wipers formed to embrace an upper around an end of a shoe and movable to lay the marginal portion of the upper upon the margin of a sole, and means movable relatively to said wipers to force into upper-holding position an upper-holding member formed to extend around the end of the shoe and having a plurality of projections thereon, said wipers having portions thereof arranged to lie in the path of said projections for engaging them and deflecting them into the upper and the sole as said upper-holding member-is forced into upper-holding position.

34. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers,

wipers formed to embrace an upper around an end of a last and movable to wipe the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the margin of a sole on the last, and members movable relatively to said wipers to force inwardly along the marginal portion of the upper an upperholding member formed to extend around the end of the shoe bottom and having thereon a plurality of projections arranged to lie substantially in a plane, said wipers having thereon deflecting faces lying in the path of said projections for curving them progressively in directions toward the bottom of the last to cause them to penetrate the upper and the sole as the upperholding member is forced inwardly over the upper.

35. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wipers formed to embrace an upper around an end of a last and movable to wipe the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the margin of a sole on the last and against an upstanding lip or shoulder on the sole, and members movable relatively to said wipers to force inwardly toward said lip or shoulder an upper-holding binder formed to extend around the end of the shoe bottom and having a plurality of projections thereon, said wipers having thereon deflecting faces arranged to engage said projections as the binder is thus forced inwardly and to deflect them into the upper and the sole toward the bottom of the last in locations nearer the edge of the solethan said lip or shoulder.

36. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wipers formed to embrace an upper around an end of a last and movable to wipe the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over a sole on the last, and members movable relatively to said wipers to force inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper in a path substantially parallel to the bottom of the last an upper-holding member formed to extend around the end of the shoe bottom and having a plurality of projections thereon, said wipers having thereon deflecting portions arranged to lie in the path of said projections and so formed as to deflect said projections into the upper and the sole in curved paths leading reversely outwardly toward the edge of the sole as the upper-holdingmember is forced inwardly over the upper.

.37. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wipers formed to embrace an upper around an end of a shoe and movable to lay the marginal portion of the upper over the margin of a sole, saidwipers having portions thereof spaced from each other heightwise of the shoe to provide an opening in which to receive an upper-holding member formed to extend around the end of the shoe and having a plurality of projections thereon, and means movable between said different portions of the wipers to force said upper-holding member inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper, said wipers having at their inner edges portions arranged in the plane of said opening for engaging said projections and deflecting them into the upper and the sole as the upper-holding member is forced inwardly over the upper.

38. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wipers formed to embrace an upper around an end of a shoe and movable to lay the marginal portion of the upper over the margin of a sole, said wipers having portions thereof spaced from each other heightwise of the shoe to provide an opening in which to receive an upper-holding member formed to extend around the end of the shoe and having a plurality of projections thereon, and members movable between said different portions of the wipers to force said upper-holding member inwardly over the marginal portion of the upper, said wipers having deflecting faces arranged in the plane of said opening and formed to engage said projections and deflect them into the upper and the sole in curved paths as the upper-holding member is forced inwardly over the upper.

39. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, means for laying the marginal portion of an upper over the margin of a sole around an end of a'shoe, binder-applying means movable to force into holding relation to the marginal portion of the upper around the end portion of the shoe an upper-holding binder formed to extend around the end of the shoe and having thereon a plurality of projections arranged to penetrate the shoe at the extreme end thereof and at the sides of its end portion, and deflecting means constructed and arranged to engage said projections and to deflect them into the upper and the sole in directions transverse to the plane of the sole as the binder is thus forced into upperholding position, said binder-applying means being movable in such relation to the shoe as to cause said projections to enter the shoe first at the extreme end of the shoe and thereafter at the sides of the end portion of the shoe.

40. In a machine for shaping shoe uppers, wipers formed to embrace an upper around an end of a shoe and movable to wipe the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the margin of a sole, members movable along said wipers to force into holding relation to the marginal portion of the upper ,a binder formed to extend around the end of the shoe bottom and having thereon a plurality of projections arranged to penetrate the shoe at the extreme end thereof and at the sides of its end portion, said wipers having thereon deflecting faces arranged to engage said projections and deflect them into the upper and the sole in directions transverse to the plane of the sole as the binder is forced into upper-holding position, and means for directing said members in such paths as to cause said projections to enter the shoe first at the extreme end of the shoe and thereafter at the sides of the end portion of the shoe.

FRED N. LA CHAPELLE. 

